The Indie Bestseller List
Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 26, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Booksellers: The Indie Bestseller List, along with Other Indie Favorites, may be downloaded as a color PDF for display in your store. On Wednesday afternoon, go to the bestseller page on BookWeb.org and choose the format that works best for you.
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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#8-The White Lady, by Jacqueline Winspear (9780062867988)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#1-Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond (9780593239919)
#14-The Best Strangers in the World, by Ari Shapiro (9780063221345)
Paperback Fiction
#6-The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles (9780735222366
#12-The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave (9781501171352)
Paperback Nonfiction
#5-The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green (9780525555247)
Early & Middle Grade Readers
#2-Bea Wolf, by Zach Weinersmith, Boulet (Illus.) (9781250776297)
Young Adult
#8-The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, by Garth Nix (9780063236332)
Children’s Illustrated
#13-Remember, by Joy Harjo, Michaela Goade (Illus.) (9780593484845)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $28, 9780593490143
6. Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780593490693
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
8. The White Lady- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $30, 9780062867988
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
10. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $30, 9780385549073
11. A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $35, 9781635577921
12. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
13. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
14. The London Séance Society
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $30, 9780778387114
15. Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, FSG, $28, 9780374110338
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Poverty, by America- Debut
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
4. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780593329993
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Jenny Odell, Random House, $28.99, 9780593242704
8. It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, Crown, $28, 9780593238714
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
10. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36, 9780593593806
11. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
12. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
13. Saved: A War Reporter’s Mission to Make It Home
Benjamin Hall, Harper, $32, 9780063309661
14. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening- Debut
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063221345
15. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $30, 9781984801432
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9780593598429
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $17.99, 9781476716770
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
6. The Lincoln Highway- Debut
Amor Towles, Penguin, $19, 9780735222366
7. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
8. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
9. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888
10. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99, 9781250178619
11. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
12. The Last Thing He Told Me- Debut
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
13. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
14. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
15. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20, 9780593230275
5. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet- Debut
John Green, Dutton, $18, 9780525555247
6. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
7. We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O’Toole, Liveright, $20, 9781324092872
8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
10. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
11. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin, $18, 9780735217966
12. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry, Ecco, $19.99, 9780062977373
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari, Crown, $18, 9780593138533
15. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Stephanie Foo, Ballantine, $18, 9780593238127
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
2. Bea Wolf- Debut
Zach Weinersmith, Boulet (Illus.), First Second, $19.99, 9781250776297
3. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
4. Finally Seen
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534488335
5. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $12.99, 9781536231953
6. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
7. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
8. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
9. Leeva at Last
Sara Pennypacker, Matthew Cordell (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780063114425
10. Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316056618
11. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
12. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
13. A First Time for Everything
Dan Santat, First Second, $14.99, 9781250851048
14. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
15. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
YOUNG ADULT
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
2. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
3. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
4. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
6. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
8. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath- Debut
Garth Nix, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063236332
9. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
10. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
12. Lies We Sing to the Sea
Sarah Underwood, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063234475
13. She Is a Haunting
Trang Thanh Tran, Bloomsbury YA, $18.99, 9781547610815
14. Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534441637
15. Lore
Alexandra Bracken, Disney-Hyperion, $12.99, 9781484799925
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Happy Easter, Little Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665928380
5. Bluey: Easter
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593658383
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Egg Hunt
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593523575
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
8. When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left
Marc Colagiovanni, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338831184
9. Happy Easter from the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621059
10. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
11. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090
12. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
13. Remember- Debut
Joy Harjo, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593484845
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
5. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
7. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Graphix
8. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
9. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
10. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
